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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in making coverage determinations respecting intermittent catheterization under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, from denying coverage of a replacement catheter on the basis of frequency of use.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To remove the frequency limitation on Medicare coverage for intermittent catheterization.</title>
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